Luis Chavier

Principal Software Developer at Mission Control
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, CA
Languages
  • Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Credentials

  • Sustainable Energy: Design a Renewable Future
    edX
    Nov, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • AUTONAVx Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots
    edX
    Jul, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change
    Coursera
    Jun, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • A Look at Nuclear Science and Technology
    Coursera
    May, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
    Coursera
    May, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Machine Learning
    Coursera
    May, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Control of Mobile Robots
    Coursera
    Mar, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Introduction to Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy from Here to There
    Coursera
    Mar, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Solar Cells, Fuel Cells and Batteries
    Stanford University
    Jan, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • ET3034TUx Solar Energy
    edX
    Dec, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Cryptography I
    Coursera
    Aug, 2013
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Canada
    • Space Research and Technology
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal Software Developer
      • Feb 2022 - Present

      Running neural networks and flight software in space.

    • Senior Software Developer
      • Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Principal Software Developer
      • Jun 2018 - Feb 2021

      Developing back-end software for a cloud based financial planning solution for the education industry. Developing back-end software for a cloud based financial planning solution for the education industry.

    • Brazil
    • Computer Hardware Manufacturing
    • Founder / Lead Software Developer
      • Apr 2011 - Jun 2018

      Entrepreneurial experience as co-founder and lead software developer of a small technology company. • Hands-on experience leading a diverse team, bootstrapping the company and achieving profitability • Developed embedded software in C and C++ for microcontrollers • Developed back-end software in Python and web front-end using HTML/CSS/Javascript • Gathered requirements with customers and produced software on a service basis • Produced hardware and software technical documentation • Worked with electrical engineers on hardware designs, board bring-up and debugging of low level hardware and software issues • Experience with business, customer support, administrative and operational activities Show less

    • United States
    • Education Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Developer
      • Sep 2011 - May 2018

      Back-end software developer, working for a start-up on a novel solution for student financial aid management. • Helped scale the system from zero to 150K+ students in production and $1B+ processed in funding • Experience with object oriented development in Java and associated frameworks (dependency injection, persistence, etc.) • Worked in an Agile software development environment • Developed internal APIs to support complex business logic • Experience with modern version control practices, development workflows and testing strategies (e.g. GIT, code reviews, CI/CD, etc.) • Experience with functional programming, relational databases, SQL, REST APIs Show less

    • Embedded Software Developer
      • Nov 2007 - Sep 2011

      Developed embedded software for physical access control systems. • Programmed in C++ for an ARM architecture in an embedded Linux environment • Programmed in C and assembly for microcontrollers running FreeRTOS • Worked with TCP/IP and CAN networks • Experience writing device drivers and interfacing with microcontroller peripherals at the register level (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, ADC, PWM, DMA, timers, etc.) • Worked on model-driven development using finite state machines • Designed and implemented low level communication protocols Show less

    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Technical Project Lead
      • Nov 2002 - Oct 2007

      Worked on a pioneering agricultural drone project in Brazil as a technical lead and lead software developer. • Technical leadership of a small multi-disciplinary team facing a wide range of engineering problems • Helped design the drone onboard distributed system (hardware and software) • Designed and implemented most of the software for onboard sensors and actuators in C and assembly • Designed and implemented all of the autonomous flight control software in C, running on an RTOS • Helped develop ground control software in Object Pascal (Delphi) • Worked closely with electrical engineers on hardware requirements, board bring-up and debugging of low level hardware and software issues • Experience interfacing with microcontroller peripherals at the register level (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, PWM, DMA, timers, etc.) • Piloted and tuned fixed wing drones in test environments Show less

    • Software Development Intern
      • Jun 2002 - Nov 2002

      Embedded software developer intern working on physical access control systems. • Programmed mostly in assembly for 8-bit microcontrollers • Experience interfacing with microcontroller peripherals at the register level • Experience reading hardware schematics and board layouts • Worked with electrical engineers debugging hardware issues Embedded software developer intern working on physical access control systems. • Programmed mostly in assembly for 8-bit microcontrollers • Experience interfacing with microcontroller peripherals at the register level • Experience reading hardware schematics and board layouts • Worked with electrical engineers debugging hardware issues

Education

  • Universidade de São Paulo
    Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science
    2003 - 2005
  • Universidade de São Paulo
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science
    1998 - 2002

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